Improvement in earth-closets



about gia Letters Patent No. 109,276, dated November 1K5, 1870.

IMPRVEMENT IN EARTH-CLOSETS.

The schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pat of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELIAS O.`V.\snr;uvi1nn, of Linden, in they county of Union, in Vthe State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Form of Earth-Closet; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof', refererence being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.`

The nature of my invention consists in a sliding valve for opening and closing'the lower aperture of a hopper or carth'reservoir, to whichvalve is fastened a boxhaving a loose bottom hinged at its rear e.\'- tremity, said bottom' being supported byaud moving ou a roller, which causes it to rise aud fall, to allow the earth to pass from the box to the pau resting under the seat. Also iu providing a flexible back to the earth-reservoir, to keep the earth loose and"faeilitate its passage from the reservoir to the aforementioned box.

To enable others skilled iu the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I coustluct my earth-reservoir, A, (see accompanying drawiug,)in the .usual form, with thc exception of the back, B, which is attached to the sides-by means` of wide leather bauds, as by reference to the accompanying drawing will more fully appear.

In order that the proper quantity of earth may be thrown from the reservoir to the pan under the sea-t,

I provide a sliding valve, C, operated by a handle, H, having an opening at D, communicating with the box E, whence, ou the valve or slide beiugdrawu forward, the earth is ejected iuto't-he pau F. 'lhe valve and h-ox being in the first position shown in Figure 3, the opening in the vulve is brought directly under the lower aperture of the reservoir, and the communication be tween the reservoir A land Athe box E being free, the earth settles by the force of gravity into the box uutil it is lilleld,'the bottom being supported by the" roller G. The valve being then drawn forward, by lueaus of' the handle H, to the second position, as shown iu Figure 2, and by dotted lines in fig. 3, the lower opening of'v the reservoir is closed, thus shutting oif the flow of earth from the same, and the bottom of the box being no longer supported by the roller (i, falls to the position shown in the drawing, and the earth is thereby ejected into the pan F.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, aud wish to secure by Letters Iateut, is

The flexible back B, together with the sliding valve C, and box E, with hinged bottom, supported by and moving on the roller G, substantially as and for the purposes described.

ELIAS \V. C. VANDRYEER.

Witnessesz S. S. Gmnlxes, E. C. HINMAN.

anni ditto. 

